> In the meaner meantime, I've got a config-file-munging set of Perl > scripts that get Samba/LDAP running on a server. It asks the right > questions and puts the right stuff in config files. It's definitely > not a polished solution and I've been waiting for years now for it to > become obsolete. Nevertheless, quite a few people have found it > useful. It lives at http://majen.net/smbldap > > --matt I'll just quick make the claim that Matt's work on the Samba/LDAP installer is awesome. Many users from the k12ltsp@xxxxxxxxxx mailing list and I am sure others all over have used this and find it awesome...and most importantly simple. The only thing missing here is a standard and easy to configure/use GUI LDAP/SAMBA management tool. I know there darn near hundreds of tools out there, but most are missing something. Matt has included excellent tools for the command line to bulk-import users and such. But an admin should not have to use a mixture of gui apps and command line to accomplish something. Not that it doesn't work, but it isn't as easy or consistent. I have tried at least a dozen different tools to admin Samba/LDAP still can't find an all in one solution. I'll just quick list what such a tool should be able to do: Bulk import Users (all imports should be able to be from a text file and have the ability to import all applicable fields or just a single field and populate all others with custom defaults when left null) -Bulk import Groups -Bulk remove Users -Bulk remove Groups -Export current user and group base for move to a new system or to re-import after a server rebuild -Set custom defaults per user/group (ie: home folder location, privileges, default shell, etc) -Be able to show a tree view of users/groups -Allow selection of single or multiple users and groups and allow drag and drop to new location (ie move users from group to group) not very important to me but I have talked to many users who would like this feature. -And a huge option for larger districts would be to allow management of custom menus by group (for larger installs where an LTSP cluster might server grades k-12 and staff, an admin would want to offer a different application set to grades k-3 than for 4-7 and maybe 8-12 and also offer a different set to staff and teachers. Thanks again Matt for all your work with Samba/LDAP. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cotter Technology Department, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Fedora-education-list mailing list Fedora-education-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-education-list
